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Communication PhD

Admission Requirements

  • MA in Communication or its equivalent.
  • A thoroughly articulated research project outline.
  • Proficiency in English. Applicants whose primary language is not English must demonstrate that their knowledge of English is sufficient to pursue graduate studies in their chosen field. Please refer to the English language proficiency page for further information on requirements and exemptions.
  • Language Requirements. Applicants should have a level of competence that would allow them to read technical material and follow lectures and discussions in English. Students may participate in discussions, write reports, examinations and theses in English or French, as they choose.

Additional Admission Requirements

Admission criteria:

  • Excellent past academic records.
  • Excellence and pertinence of academic background.
  • Promise as a scholar.
  • Relevance of proposed research to the program.
  • Feasibility of proposed research in terms of material and faculty resources.
  • Ability to understand English and French.
  • Availability of a faculty member to direct the applicant.

Degree Requirements

Fully-qualified candidates are required to complete a minimum of 90 credits.

Please see the Communication Studies Courses page for course descriptions.

Communication PhD (90 credits)

6

credits of Required Courses:

• COMS 800 Integrative Seminar (3.00)
• COMS 835 Doctoral Pro-Seminar (3.00)

12credits chosen from Communication PhD Electives
3

credits:

• COMS 815 Doctoral Examination (3.00)

6

credits:

• COMS 890 Doctoral Thesis Proposal (6.00)

63

credits:

• COMS 896 Doctoral Thesis Research (63.00)

Communication PhD Electives (12 credits)

• COMS 805 Research Workshop (3.00)
• COMS 822 Advanced Seminar in Research Methods I (3.00)
• COMS 823 Advanced Seminar in Research Methods II (3.00)
• COMS 841 Cultural Industries (3.00)
• COMS 842 Media Reception (3.00)
• COMS 843 Communication Policy (3.00)
• COMS 844 Uses of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) (3.00)
• COMS 851 Speech Communication (3.00)
• COMS 853 Discourse and Representation (3.00)
• COMS 854 Discourse within Social Formations (3.00)
• COMS 861 Organizational Culture (3.00)
• COMS 864 Communication and Change in Organizations (3.00)
• COMS 873 Identities and Cultural Exchange (3.00)
• COMS 874 Globalization of Communication (3.00)
• COMS 875 Technology and Organization (3.00)
• COMS 876 Media Technology as Practice (3.00)
• COMS 877 International Communication and Development (3.00)
• COMS 878 Communication, Conflict and Peace (3.00)
• COMS 879 Human-Computer Interactions (3.00)
• COMS 880 Communication Networks and Organization (3.00)
• COMS 882 Communication, Democracy and Power (3.00)
• COMS 883 History and Historiography of Media and Culture (3.00)
• COMS 884 Cultural Theory in Communication Studies (3.00)
• COMS 885 Popular Culture (3.00)
• COMS 886 Alternative Media (3.00)
• COMS 887 Strategies and Styles in Communication (3.00)
• COMS 888 Discourses of the Body (3.00)
• COMS 889 Theories of Organizational Communication (3.00)
• COMS 891 Communication Technologies and Society (3.00)
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